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ANKARA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called on Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza, which he said amounted to genocide, and urged the international community to work for a humanitarian ceasefire in the region.

In a post on social messaging platform X, Erdogan also said Israel was provoking non-regional actors instead of turning back from its mistakes in Gaza, adding that the region needed saving from the “frenzy of madness” supported by Western powers and media.

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[-] Why9@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sooo… are there still rockets being fired from Terrorists?

Yes! And they should stop before more innocent civilian lives are destroyed; not that they care about civilians at all!

Are the hostages still being kept by the terrorists?

I think they just kill them rather than take hostages, right? They consider them to be like animals!

Why should Israel stop attacking the terrorists?

Ohh, you meant Hamas?

[-] dumdum666@kbin.social -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You don’t seem to understand the concept of war. If Hamas deliberately places launch sites close to civilian infrastructure, which is a war crime in itself by the way, this infrastructure becomes a legitimate target. Civilian casualties have to be avoided but not at all costs. Especially if Hamas Terrorists wear civilian clothing.

This is International Humanitarian Law - the Law of War.

I think they just kill them rather than take hostages, right? They consider them to be like animals!

ISIS style killings is not beneath Hamas and Islamic Jihad. And yes - those Terrorists act like animals deliberately.

[-] Why9@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Gaza is one of the most densely populated places on Earth. All they have is civilian infrastructure! By your definition, they shouldn't be allowed to retaliate at all if they didn't want to risk civilian deaths.

Israel is bombing hospitals, schools and civilian houses with dozens and dozens of reports of children and innocent civilians being horrifically murdered as a result.

And let's be adults and stop gassing for a minute: Israel wants Gaza to shrink, and said as much, as if illegally stealing all that land to begin with wasn't enough.

That's what this is all about. Terrorist settlers in the West Bank are clearing out villages by walking about to people and shooting them at point-blank range, with soldiers only a few feet away, just watching and not reacting. They're not even 'at war' and those terrorists are clearing Palestinian Territory.

This is simply and truly a Nazi-esque genocide, conducted by people whose grandparents likely witnessed those horrors first hand. They should know better.

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